قَدۡ كَانَ لَكُمۡ ءَايَةٞ فِي فِئَتَيۡنِ ٱلۡتَقَتَاۖ فِئَةٞ تُقَٰتِلُ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَأُخۡرَىٰ كَافِرَةٞ يَرَوۡنَهُم مِّثۡلَيۡهِمۡ رَأۡيَ ٱلۡعَيۡنِۚ وَٱللَّهُ يُؤَيِّدُ بِنَصۡرِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبۡرَةٗ لِّأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرِ ١٣
Qad kāna lakum āyatun fī fiʾataynil-taqatā, fiʾatun tuqātilu fī sabīlillāhi wa ukhrā kāfiratuy yarawnahum mithlayhim raʾyal-ʿayn, wallāhu yuʾayyidu binaṣrihī may yashāʾ, inna fī dhālika laʿibratal liʾulil-abṣār.
Already there has been for you a sign in the two armies which met [in combat at Badr] - one fighting in the cause of Allāh and another of disbelievers. They saw them [to be] twice their [own] number by [their] eyesight.1 But Allāh supports with His victory whom He wills. Indeed in that is a lesson for those of vision.
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (1)
- The believers saw the disbelievers to be double their own number preceding the battle of Badr, while, in fact, they were three times their number.